BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
J'ai trouvé cette page plutôt intéressante. Certes il y a des erreurs (photo d'un baffle pour illustrer un combo par exemple), mais il n'est pas non plus que certain que l'auteur soit guitariste donc...
Et puis ça aussi :
4K Info on Springsteen's guitars & equipment
The following information is taken from an article "The E Street Band's
Equipment" by Dave Marsh, "Musician" No. 30, February 1981.
Guitars: 1954 Esquire, modified with extra Telecaster
pick-up (THE guitar); 1956 Telecaster (spare); 1954 Tele-
caster (spare); Ovation six-string acoustic; two Rickenback-
er 12-string electric, 1958 Gibson J-200 Acoustic guitar
(this is the same guitar as Elvis's original, and was a gift
from crew members Mike Batlan, Marc Brickman and Bob Chirm-
side). Amps: Four pre-CBS Fender Bassman amps, ca.
1958-1962; two Peavey Vintage amps (imitation Bassmans) --
one of each is used onstage under the drum riser. Also: a
prime time digital delay and harmonizer and an MXR distor-
tion box. The Fender Esquire is modified with a battery op-
erated impedence transformer for long cable lengths. Infor-
mation supplied by Mike Batlan, who also notes that there is
an asterisk in front of the Esquire's serial number, indi-
cating that is was a factory reject, probably originally
sold as a reject.
End of info from "Musician" No. 30, February 1981
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The following information is taken from "Musician" Magazine, No. 169,
November 1992. It was an insert box accompanying a Springsteen interview
by Bill Flanagan.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's vocal mike is an Onyx capsule with a
Sony transmitter. He plays Hohner Marine Band harmonicas.
His main guitar is a 1953 Fender Esquire. Onstage he also
uses Telecasters from '54, '58 and a new acquisition from
'63 with a decal of a naked oriental woman on the back. That
one was rented as a prop for a photo shoot in New York. Lat-
er on Bruce couldn't get it out of it his head, finally
telling Kevin Buell, his guitar tech, "I don't know what it
sounds like but it felt great." Unfortunately all Bruce knew
about the guitar was that it was "a black Tele with a naked
lady." It was tracked through the photographer to the shop
where it was rented, but it was already sold. Bruce bought
it back from the guy who bought it. Bruce uses a Samson
wireless system which passes through a Rockman SP-1OO sus-
taining preamp on its way to a single Marshall cabinet (with
four 12s) which is miked with a Shure SM57 and a 341. Bruce
is almost apologetic about how simple his effects are. "l
have a very fundamental set-up on the guitar. There's a
loud button and a louder one and a louder one than that --
and that's it! The elaborate guitar set-ups are amazing!
There's a wall! A rack of things that all do something. I'd
like to know what all that stuff does but it's too late now.
It allows you an enormous amount of control but I don't know
if I have the patience to sit down and learn it." Bruce's
three options are a Boogie Mark 2 for leads, a SansAmp, and
a Boss digital delay. Sitting under the stage, activated by
hand by a tech on special occasions, are a Boss Turbo-Over-
drive pedal (OD-2), a Boss flanger (BF-2) and a Boss power
supply and master switch (PSM-5). On his electric guitars
Bruce uses Dean Markley strings (.010, .013, .016, .030,
.038, .04
.
All three guitarists -- Bruce, SHANE FONTAYNE and CRYSTAL
TALIEFERO -- play Takamine acoustics with D'Addario strings.
So does PATTI SCIALFA when she sits in on "Brilliant Dis-
guise."
Et encore
CA
